77 -- PIANO TUNER

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) No, FA7012-08-T-0009. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-24. This is set aside for 100% small business. The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) is 811490, with a size standard of $6.0 million. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 0001: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Band rehearsal , Airmen of Note, Singing Sgts, Silver Wings studio pianos)Per SOW QTY: 4 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 0002: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER(Pianos @ Germaine & Tersero Quarters) Per SOW. QTY: 1 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 0003: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER ( GW Masonic Memorial, Ft Myers pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 0004: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Harpsicord) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 0005: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Strolling Strings brass pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 0006: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Bolling?s Officer?s Club piano) Per SOW. QTY: 1each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. 1001: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Band rehearsal , Airmen of Note, Singing Sgts, Silver Wings studio pianos)Per SOW QTY: 4 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 1002: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER(Pianos @ Germaine & Tersero Quarters) Per SOW. QTY: 1 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 1003: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER ( GW Masonic Memorial, Ft Myers pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 1004: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Harpsicord) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 1005: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Strolling Strings brass pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 1006: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Bolling?s Officer?s Club piano) Per SOW. QTY: 1each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. 2001: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Band rehearsal , Airmen of Note, Singing Sgts, Silver Wings studio pianos)Per SOW QTY: 4 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 2002: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER(Pianos @ Germaine & Tersero Quarters) Per SOW. QTY: 1 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 2003: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER ( GW Masonic Memorial, Ft Myers pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 2004: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Harpsicord) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 2005: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Strolling Strings brass pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 2006: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Bolling?s Officer?s Club piano) Per SOW. QTY: 1each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. 3001: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Band rehearsal , Airmen of Note, Singing Sgts, Silver Wings studio pianos)Per SOW QTY: 4 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 3002: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER(Pianos @ Germaine & Tersero Quarters) Per SOW. QTY: 1 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 3003: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER ( GW Masonic Memorial, Ft Myers pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 3004: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Harpsicord) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 3005: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Strolling Strings brass pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 3006: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Bolling?s Officer?s Club piano) Per SOW. QTY: 1each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. 4001: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Band rehearsal , Airmen of Note, Singing Sgts, Silver Wings studio pianos)Per SOW QTY: 4 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 4002: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER(Pianos @ Germaine & Tersero Quarters) Per SOW. QTY: 1 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 4003: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER ( GW Masonic Memorial, Ft Myers pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 4004: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Harpsicord) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 4005: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Strolling Strings brass pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 4006: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Bolling?s Officer?s Club piano) Per SOW. QTY: 1each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. 5001: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Band rehearsal , Airmen of Note, Singing Sgts, Silver Wings studio pianos)Per SOW QTY: 4 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 5002: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER(Pianos @ Germaine & Tersero Quarters) Per SOW. QTY: 1 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 5003: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER ( GW Masonic Memorial, Ft Myers pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 5004: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Harpsicord) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 5005: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Strolling Strings brass pianos) Per SOW. QTY: 2 each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. CONTRACT LINE ITEM: 5006: NON-PERSONAL SERVICES for PIANO TUNER (Bolling?s Officer?s Club piano) Per SOW. QTY: 1each, UNIT Price: $______________, Extended Price: $____________. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES SCOPE OF WORK. The vendor shall provide all personnel, equipment (not provided by the government), tools, materials, supervision, or services necessary in order to tune and maintain all pianos and harpsichords owned by The USAF Band. See Appendix 1.TUNING. The vendor shall tune USAF Band owned pianos and harpsichords as necessary. MAINTAINENCE SERVICES. The vendor shall maintain USAF Band owned pianos and harpsichords with needed mechanical and technical work including but not limited to evaluation of condition, regulation, repair, pitch adjustment and voicing. The finished product shall be ready for use in rehearsal, recording or performance.SERVICE DELIVERY SUMMARY. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES The vendor shall provide the specialty equipment and tools necessary to perform the minimum basic tasks inherent to piano and harpsichord tuning and maintenance service. The Government shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of equipment leased/rented by the Government and provided to the contractor except that in the case of loss or damage due to negligence on the part of the contractor. Vendor is required to have all necessary tuning equipment at place of business. GENERAL INFORMATION: Tuning and general maintenance service shall take place in Hangar 2 on Bolling AFB DC, Quarters 7 (Air House) on Ft. Myer VA, and at various locations around the National Capitol Region where the instruments are located and used by USAF Band members.Minimum Qualifications of Personnel. The contractor shall meet the minimum qualifications as identified below. Vendor shall have at the minimum 12 to 15 years consistent tuning and maintenance experience working on high quality, professional level pianos. Vendor shall be familiar with full concert grand, concert grand, baby grand, upright, studio upright and spinet style pianos. Vendor shall have appropriate memberships in professional guilds or accreditation societies or organizations (e.g. The Piano Technicians Guild).Vendor shall provide a resume and a minimum of three references to demonstrate competent, artistic, and through knowledge of the tuning process, to include differing pitch requirements, alternate actions and varied sound production.COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS. The service provider shall be knowledgeable of and shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, permits, Department of Defense (DoD), AF, and base requirements and instructions required for the performance of the duties in this SOW. The service provider shall ensure policies and procedures are established that protect the safety and welfare of customers, employees, and the community to minimize or eliminate safety or environmental pollution risks. INDEMNIFICATION: The contractor agrees to indemnify and hold the Government and the Department of the Air Force harmless, whether in tort or in contract, for any and all loss or liability for injury to or death of service provider personnel in transit to, from or during the period of attendance at any of the required locations in support of this production. The contractor shall ensure compliance with all federal, DoD, AF, and Bolling AFB vehicle identification policies for contractor-owned vehicles. The contractor shall obtain proper identification badges for access to Bolling AFB, for the duration of the contract.TRAVEL, MEALS, LODGING AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. The vendor shall be responsible for making all travel and lodging arrangements. Government transportation and lodging will not be made available. The vendor is responsible for all associated expenses.HOURS OF OPERATION. PIANO TUNING: Vendor shall provide a minimum of one tuning per month for each piano housed by The USAF Band at Hangar 2, Bolling AFB and Air House, Ft. Myer, VA. The vendor shall provide an initial tuning and follow up tuning as requested by USAF Band Supply personnel on behalf of members keeping USAF Band pianos in their homes. The vendor may be asked to perform work within twenty-four (24) hours in the case of emergent needs by The USAF Band. MAINTENENCE. Vendor shall perform this work as required by the situation, needs of the piano custodians or needs of The USAF Band dictate. The work shall take place in Hangar 2, at Air House and in USAF Band members? homes. 5.0 Appendix 1 Pianos: Astin-Weight: UG-50 Baldwin: R, M Kawai: KG-3D Steinway & Sons: B, (Qty 2), D Yamaha: C7, C6, C5, U1 (Qty 2), Harpsichord Herz: German Single QUALITY ASSURANCE. In accordance with FAR 52.212-4(a) Inspection /Acceptance, the government will evaluate the contractors performance under this contract. GOVERNMENT REMEDIES. The contracting officer shall follow FAR 52.212.4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (FEB 2002), for contractors failure to perform satisfactory services or failure to correct nonconforming services. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS: Supplies will be inspected and accepted at destination/government. FAR PROVISIONS: The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items are hereby incorporated. Addendum to FAR Provision 52.212-1 applies to this acquisition is as follows: 52.237-1, 52.252-1: 52.252-5: (b) DFARS (Chapter 2). In accordance with 52.212-1 (h) multiple awards will be considered if determined to be most advantageous to the Government. EVALUATION PROCEDURES: The Government will select the best overall offer based on technical capability, past performance and price. Technical capability will be evaluated from the submitted examples. Examples should display creativity and flexibility needed to properly capture and edit both the audio and video product of a live musical. Proposals shall be rated as follows: ?Exceptional?, exceeds specified minimum performance or capability necessary for acceptable contract performance, ?Acceptable?, meets specified minimum performance or capability necessary for acceptable contract performance, ?Marginal?, does not clearly meet some specified minimum performance requirements necessary for acceptable contract performance or ?Unacceptable?, fails to meet specified minimum performance or capability requirements. Past performance will be evaluated using the reference questionnaires. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation; will be the most advantageous to the Government in accordance with the requirement. Only those offerors determined to be in compliance with the requirements as stated in this solicitation will be considered for award. If additional information is required to support price reasonableness, each offeror may be requested to provide a hard copy of their price break-down. Non-conformance with this requirement may result in offeror?s quote being determined unacceptable. Offeror must include, with its offer, a completed copy of provision FAR 52.212- 3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items in full text. FAR 52.212-3 can be obtained from http://farsite.hill.af.mil or from http://orca.bpn.gov if registered in ORCA (online Representation and Certifications application). FAR CLAUSES: The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items is hereby incorporated. Addendum to FAR Clause 52.212-4 applies to this acquisition, specifically the following cited clauses: 52.204-9, 52.209-6, 52.223-5, 52.223-6, 52.224-1, 52.224-2, 52.232-1, 52.252-2: http://farsite.hill.af.mil , 52.252-6: (b) DFARS (Chapter 2), 52.253-1, 252.204-7003, 252.204-7004 ALT A, 252.212-7001, 252.223-7006, 252.232-7003, 252.232-7010, 252.243-7001, 5352.223-9001, 5352.242-9000, 5352.201-9101 and 5352.223-9001. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Status of Executive Orders-Commercial Items apply to this acquisition, specifically, the following cited clauses: 52.219-6, 52.222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-41, 52.225-3, 52.232-33, 52.233-3, and 52.233-4. All responses (proposals or offers) must be received by mail, email, or facsimile no later than 1:00 P.M. EST on 19 March 2008 to 11th CONS/LGCO, 110 Luke Ave, Bldg 5681, Bolling AFB, DC 20032. An official authorized person to bind your company shall sign the offer. To be eligible for an award, all contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). A contractor can contact the CCR by calling 1-888-227-2423. Questions concerning this solicitation should be addressed to Vivienne Clarke, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 767-8039, FAX (202) 767-7887, E-mail to vivienne.clarke@bolling.af.mil or Capt Richard Jacobs, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 767-7978, FAX (202) 767-7887, E-mail to:richard.jacobs@bolling.af.mil.